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Dianthus Plants

Dianthus plants, also known as carnations, pinks and sweet Williams, fill gardens with their delightful fragrance. Try growing some of the more unusual types - our range includes green-flowered varieties, as well as the more traditional favourites.

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We’ve hand selected a range of modern dianthus plants to offer bright colours, strong garden performance and multi-flowering stems, while retaining the vintage spicy fragrance of garden pinks. The extreme flower power of these hardy perennials means you’ll enjoy 100s of cut flower blooms through the summer, every year, with plenty left on the plants to keep them looking good in the garden.

Dianthus ‘Pink Peony’ is the pick of the bunch with its crested magenta blooms looking just like miniature peony flowers. Which colour in the mix will be your favourite? Height and spread: 20cm (12").

This stunning hardy Carnation bucks the modern trend for flashy flower colours at the expense of their fragrance. Dianthus 'Crimson Rim' combines elegant pristine white blooms with a stylish raspberry edge and a wonderful rich clove fragrance. This clump forming perennial is undemanding and well behaved making it perfect for the front of borders. And with a such a free flowering habit you’ll have plenty of stems to spare for a vase indoors. Height: 40cm (16"). Spread: 30cm (12").

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Michael Perry says

"I absolutely love this new carnation; It has the antique fragrance of carnations from times gone by; BUT with a vigour and flowering performance equal to modern varieties. The perfect marriage!"

New modern cut-flower quality carnation plants packing the heavenly scent of antique varieties! Modern breeding work has seen the unmistakable scent of carnations all but disappear in the search for longer, cut flower-quality stems. Fortunately Carnation ‘Blackjack’ bucks that trend. Not only does it offer a unique colour combination, the near black blooms also bring punchy clove-like fragrance to the garden. A perfect border carnation, it also performs well in containers. Originally planned for the commercial cut flower market, you won’t be disappointed by the endless supply of fresh stems either! Keep the colour and scent in the garden or use Dianthus ‘Blackjack’ as your very own cut flower carnation. Height and spread: 50cm (20").

The hardy 'Scents of Summer' series brings back the antique spicy fragrance of pinks to cut flower-quality garden carnations, along with bright colour and strong vigour. 'Pink Peony' is the pick of the bunch, with its crested magenta blooms looking just like a miniature peony! It packs extreme flower power - enjoy 100's of blooms through the summer, every year.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Enjoy these delightfully fragrant Sweet Williams all summer long! Clusters of sweetly scented flowers in shades of red, white and purple are borne atop stiff upright stems from June through to September. Superb for cutting for a vase indoors, the vibrant flowers of Dianthus barbatus 'Sweet' are also attractive to bees. Often grown as a biennial, this short lived perennial is ideal for cottage garden beds and borders. Height: 45cm (18"). Spread: 30cm (12").

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Buy our great value 'surprise' packs of 'pinks'. For just £4.99 you can receive a pack of pinks worth £9.99. To allow us to offer you such a good price, we can't take orders for specific varieties, but whatever we decide to send, you won't be disappointed!

Each customer can order up to 5 'Lucky Dip' packs. If you order more than 1 pack, we'll do our best to send a different variety for each pack ordered, subject to availability. A pack represents a single variety and not a mixture of several varieties.

This well known RHS AGM variety is one of the longest flowering Pinks you'll find. An abundance of double pink flowers with deep pink centres are produced all summer long, above mats of silvery green foliage. With a rich, sweet fragrance, Dianthus 'Doris makes a delightful cut flower that will fill your home with fragrance. This compact hardy perennial is perfect for alpine gardens and rockeries or planted through the front of beds and borders. Height and spread: 25cm (10").

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

This well loved RHS AGM variety is as popular as ever for its white blooms with raspberry picotee edges. The clove scented flowers of Dianthus 'Gran's Favourite' are produced in abundance above a carpet of silvery green foliage. With such a prolific flowering period there will be plenty of blooms to spare for a vase indoors. This super little Pink is perfectly hardy and a makes a lovely addition to the front of cottage garden borders. Height and spread: 40cm (16").

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Unusual blooms with deeply cut petals give Dianthus 'Rainbow Loveliness Improved Mixed' a soft, feathery appearance. These pretty, eye-catching pinks have a gentle, sweet fragrance that makes them a delightful cut flower for a vase indoors. These compact hardy perennials will quickly form attractive clumps at the front of borders and rockeries, or try planting them in containers for a low maintenance display on the patio. Height and spread: 30cm (12").

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Blend the seasons with summer-flowering Sweet Williams! No longer reserved for spring, summer Dianthus barbatus plants are one of the most innovative breeding breakthroughs in recent years. Dianthus ‘Dash Magician’ is fast to flower, producing long-lasting, big, blousy flowerheads that bring quick summer colour to the garden. The colour-changing blooms move from white through to vivid pink and look great in vase displays or left out in the garden. Height and spread: 45cm (18").

Pinks are evergreen, ground-covering plants, which grow almost anywhere and will last for many years. Dianthus can cope with some neglect, and are useful for difficult areas such as dry slopes or rock gardens.

English Garden Pinks produce many fragrant blooms over a long summer period. Dianthus ‘Mrs Sinkins’ has one of the strongest scents of any Pink, and just one flower can fill a whole room with fragrance. Height and Spread: 50cm (20").

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.